Do you need a snowblower in Ridgewood, NJ?
What clears snow in Ridgewood
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Ridgewood about once every 2 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
A normal Ridgewood winter
- Snow a year
- 33 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 39
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About what a typical snowy US city gets. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 4.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Ridgewood
- Nov0.3
- Dec5.6
- Jan9.4
- Feb10.9
- Mar5.8
- Apr0.7
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Ridgewood and its neighbours
Ridgewood is number 2 of 116 New Jersey towns here for snowfall; Phillipsburg gets the most at 41 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Rock, NJ | 2 | 28 in | Gas single-stage |
| Waldwick, NJ | 2 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hawthorne, NJ | 3 | 28 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fair Lawn, NJ | 3 | 28 in | Gas single-stage |
| Paramus, NJ | 3 | 30 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hillsdale, NJ | 4 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley, 14.7 miles from Ridgewood. A normal winter, not this winter's forecast. Snow is weighed at 6.24 pounds a cubic foot, fresh and fairly dry; wet spring snow can weigh three times that.